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Food City 500

The Food City 500 is a 500 lap race NASCAR Sprint Cup race held on the track at Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway, originally known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track motor racing located in Bristol, Tennessee....
in Bristol, Tennessee

Bristol, Tennessee

Bristol is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States. The population was 24,821 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the Twin cities of Bristol, Virginia, which lies directly across the border between Tennessee and Virginia....
. This is one of two NASCAR races held at Bristol, the other being the Sharpie 500

Sharpie 500

The Sharpie 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car racing held at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, Tennessee. It is one of two NASCAR Nextel Cup races held at Bristol, the other being the Food City 500, but it is by far the more popular of the two....
, and is considered one of NASCAR

NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
's best races. It was the first venue of the 2007 NASCAR schedule to host the Car of Tomorrow

Car of Tomorrow

The Car of Tomorrow , sometimes called CoT or "Car of Today", is the car style for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Larger and boxier than the design it replaced, the Car of Tomorrow is safer, costs less to maintain, and makes for closer competition....
, a race won by Kyle Busch

Kyle Busch

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The Food City 500 is a 500 lap race NASCAR Sprint Cup race held on the track at Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway, originally known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track motor racing located in Bristol, Tennessee....
in Bristol, Tennessee

Bristol, Tennessee

Sharpie 500

NASCAR

Car of Tomorrow

Kyle Busch

Kyle Thomas Busch nicknamed "Rowdy Busch," "Wild Thing," and "Shrub" is an United States of America auto racing. He drives the #18 M&M's Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series, the #18 Interstate Batteries / Z-Line Designs / NOS Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Nationwide Series, and the #51 Miccosukee Toyota T...
.

=Future= Speedway President & General Manager Jeff Byrd has requested that NASCAR move the spring race to a later spring date. Nothing at this time has been decided.

=Past winners= NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, the race winner has come from the USA.
Year Date Driver Car Make Winner's Prize
(USD
United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
) Distance
(miles) Average Speed
(mph
Miles per hour

The mile per hour is a physical unit of speed, expressing the number of Mile covered per hour.It is currently the Unit of measurement used for speed limits, and speeds, on roads in the United Kingdom and United States....
)
Southeastern 500
1961 October 22, 1961 Joe Weatherly
Joe Weatherly

Joe Weatherly was a two-time NASCAR championship driver....
'61 Pontiac
Pontiac

Pontiac is a brand of automobiles, produced by General Motors Corporation that has been sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico since 1926....
$3,680 250 72.452
1962 July 29, 1962 Bobby Johns
Bobby Johns

Bobby Johns is a retired American racecar driver.Johns raced in the NASCAR series in the 1956-1969 seasons, with 141 career starts. He had 2 wins among his 36 top ten finishes and finished the 1960 season 3rd in the points....
'62 Plymouth
Plymouth

Plymouth is a City status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority on the coast of Devon, England, about south west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers River Plym to the east and River Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound....
$3,930 250 75.276
1963 March 31, 1963 Fireball Roberts
Fireball Roberts

Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, Jr. was one of the pioneering auto racing drivers of NASCAR....
'63 Ford $4,060 250 76.91
1964 March 22, 1964 Fred Lorenzen
Fred Lorenzen

Fred Lorenzen , is a former NASCAR driver. He first caught the car bug young, and had built his first car at the age of 13. After graduating from high school, he began racing modifieds and late models, and made his NASCAR debut in 1956 at Langhorne Speedway, finishing 26th after suffering a broken fuel pump, winning $25....
'64 Ford $4,300 250 72.196
1965 May 2, 1965 Junior Johnson
Junior Johnson

Robert Glen Johnson, Jr. , known as Junior Johnson, was a moonshiner in the rural South who became one of the early superstars of NASCAR in the 1950s and 1960s....
'65 Ford $4,550 250 74.937
1966 March 20, 1966 Dick Hutcherson
Dick Hutcherson

Dick Hutcherson was an United states businessman and a former stock car racing racer. A native of Keokuk, Iowa, Hutcherson drove in NASCAR competition from 1964 to 1967....
'66 Ford $4,150 250 69.952
1967 March 19, 1967 David Pearson
David Pearson

David Gene Pearson is a former United States NASCAR racecar champion.Known as the "Silver Fox", he debuted on the NASCAR racing circuit in 1960 and earned NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors that same season....
'67 Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
$5,290 250 75.937
1968 March 17, 1968 '68 Ford $5,725 250 77.247
1969 March 23, 1969 Bobby Allison
Bobby Allison

Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
'69 Dodge $5,025 250 81.455
1970 April 5, 1970 Donnie Allison
Donnie Allison

Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
'70 Ford $6,670 267 87.543
1971 March 28, 1971 '71 Ford $6,120 267 91.704
1972 April 9, 1972 '72 Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
$8,325 267 92.826
1973 March 25, 1973 Cale Yarborough
Cale Yarborough

William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
'73 Chevrolet $8,030 267 88.952
1974 March 17, 1974 '74 Chevrolet $8,655 267 64.533
1975 March 16, 1975 Richard Petty
Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
'74 Dodge $7,350 267 97.053
Southeastern 400
1976
1976 in NASCAR

The 1976 season in NASCAR auto racing:Season recap Daytona 500...
March 14, 1976 Chevrolet $18,070 213 87.377
Southeastern 500
1977 April 17, 1977 Chevrolet $23,300 267 100.989
1978 April 2, 1978 Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip

Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
Chevrolet $19,200 267 92.401
1979 April 1, 1979 Dale Earnhardt
Dale Earnhardt

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
Chevrolet $19,800 267 91.033
Valleydale Southeastern 500
1980 March 30, 1980 Chevrolet $20,625 267 96.977
Valleydale 500
1981 March 29, 1981 Buick
Buick

Buick is a marque of automobile sold in the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Qatar, Kuwait, and Israel by General Motors Corporation. Since the demise of Oldsmobile in 2004, it is GM's only North America-based entry-level luxury brand....
$22,450 267 89.53
1982 March 14, 1982 Buick $26,520 267 94.025
1983 May 21, 1983 Chevrolet $29,965 267 93.445
1984 April 1, 1984 Chevrolet $31,670 267 93.967
1985 April 6, 1985 Chevrolet $31,525 267 81.79
1986
1986 in NASCAR

The 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season began February 16 and ended November 16. Dale Earnhardt of RCR Enterprises won his second championship this year....
April 6, 1986 Rusty Wallace
Rusty Wallace

Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
Pontiac $34,760 267 89.747
Valleydale Meats 500
1987
1987 in NASCAR

The 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season began February 8 and ended November 22. Dale Earnhardt of RCR Enterprises won the championship for the third time....
April 12, 1987 Chevrolet $43,850 267 75.621
1988
1988 in NASCAR

The 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 7 and ended November 20. Bill Elliott of Melling Racing won the championship.See also: 1988 in NASCAR Busch Series...
April 10, 1988 Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott

William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
Ford $45,750 267 83.115
1989
1989 in NASCAR

The 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 12 and ended November 19. Rusty Wallace of the #27 Kodiak Pontiac for Blue Max Racing won the championship....
April 9, 1989 Pontiac $48,750 267 76.034
1990
1990 in NASCAR

The 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Sunday February 11 and ended on Sunday November 18. Dale Earnhardt with Richard Childress Racing was crowned the Winston Cup champion for the fourth time....
April 8, 1990 Davey Allison
Davey Allison

David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR race car driver, best known as the driver of the Robert Yates Racing #28Texaco-Havoline Ford. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to NASCAR driver Bobby Allison and wife Judy....
Ford $50,100 267 87.258
1991
1991 in NASCAR

The 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 10 and ended November 17. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing was crowned champion at the end of the season....
April 14, 1991 Pontiac $51,300 267 72.809
Food City 500
1992
1992 in NASCAR

The 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season began on February 9 and ended on November 15. Alan Kulwicki of AK Racing won the championship....
April 5, 1992 Alan Kulwicki
Alan Kulwicki

Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an United States NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short track racing in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car racing touring series....
Ford $83,360 267 86.316
1993
1993 in NASCAR

The 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season began on February 7 and ended on November 14. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing won the title, the sixth of his career....
April 4, 1993 Pontiac $107,610 267 84.73
1994
1994 in NASCAR

The 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 20 and ended on Sunday November 13. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing was crowned champion at season's end, winning consecutive Winston Cups for the third time in his career and tying Richard Petty for the record of most top-level NASCAR championships with seven....
April 10, 1994 Chevrolet $72,570 267 89.647
1995
1995 in NASCAR

The 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on February 12 and concluded November 12. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won his first career championship....
April 2, 1995 Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon

Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
Chevrolet $67,645 267 92.011
1996
1996 in NASCAR

The 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series started on February 18 1996 and ended on November 10 1996 with Terry Labonte pulling off a massive upset and winning his second championship....
March 31, 1996 Chevrolet $93,765 182 91.308
1997
1997 in NASCAR

The 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 9 and ended on Sunday November 16. Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon was crowned champion at season's end....
April 13, 1997 Chevrolet $83,640 267 75.035
1998
1998 in NASCAR

The 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 8 and ended on Sunday November 8. Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon was crowned champion for the third time in four years....
March 29, 1998 Chevrolet $90,860 267 82.85
1999
1999 in NASCAR

The 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 7 and ended on Sunday November 21. Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett was crowned the champion....
April 11, 1999 Ford $87,435 267 93.363
2000
2000 in NASCAR

The 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 13 and ended on Sunday November 20. Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte was crowned champion at season's end....
March 26, 2000 Ford $87,585 267 88.018
2001
2001 in NASCAR

The 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup season began on February 11 at the Daytona International Speedway. With the Daytona 500 and ended on November 23 at the New Hampshire International Speedway....
March 25, 2001 Elliott Sadler
Elliott Sadler

Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
Ford $124,700 267 86.949
2002
2002 in NASCAR

The 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Saturday, February 10, and ended on Sunday, November 17. Tony Stewart with Joe Gibbs Racing was crowned the Winston Cup champion....
March 24, 2002 Kurt Busch
Kurt Busch

Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
Ford $143,840 267 82.281
2003
2003 in NASCAR

The 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Saturday February 8 and ended on Sunday November 16. Matt Kenseth with Roush Racing driving a Ford was crowned the Winston Cup champion, despite winning only one race all year....
March 23, 2003 Ford $162,790 267 76.185
2004
2004 in NASCAR

The 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup season began on Saturday, February 7 and ended on Sunday, November 21. Kurt Busch with Roush Racing driving a Ford was the Nextel Cup champion....
March 28, 2004 Ford $173,465 267 82.607
2005
2005 in NASCAR

The 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series began on Saturday, February 12. The ten race 2005 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup started with the Sylvania 300 on Sunday, September 18, and ended on Sunday, November 20, with the Ford 400....
April 3, 2005 Kevin Harvick
Kevin Harvick

Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....
Chevrolet $189,001 267 77.496
2006
2006 in NASCAR

The 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season started at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, February 12 with the Bud Shootout and ended on Sunday, November 19 with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway....
March 26, 2006 Dodge $175,858 267 79.427
2007
2007 in NASCAR

The 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season began on February 10, 2007 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout and ended on November 18 of that same year at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 400....
March 25, 2007 Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch

Kyle Thomas Busch nicknamed "Rowdy Busch," "Wild Thing," and "Shrub" is an United States of America auto racing. He drives the #18 M&M's Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series, the #18 Interstate Batteries / Z-Line Designs / NOS Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Nationwide Series, and the #51 Miccosukee Toyota T...
Chevrolet $179,400 269 81.969
2008
2008 in NASCAR

2008 in NASCAR can refer to any of the following NASCAR national series:*2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series - The top racing series in NASCAR.*2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series - The second-tier NASCAR racing series....
March 16, 2008 Jeff Burton
Jeff Burton

Jeffrey Brian Burton also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a Sprint Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 Caterpillar Inc. Chevrolet Impala for Richard Childress Racing....
Chevrolet $209,558 269.7 89.775

=Manufacturer Wins=
Rank Manufacturer Wins
1 Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
20
2 Ford 16
3 Pontiac
Pontiac

Pontiac is a brand of automobiles, produced by General Motors Corporation that has been sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico since 1926....
5
4 Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
4
5 Buick
Buick

Buick is a marque of automobile sold in the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Qatar, Kuwait, and Israel by General Motors Corporation. Since the demise of Oldsmobile in 2004, it is GM's only North America-based entry-level luxury brand....
2
6 Plymouth
Plymouth

Plymouth is a City status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority on the coast of Devon, England, about south west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers River Plym to the east and River Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound....
1

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